Raised in a Palace (1964)

7.0/10 106 min Drama

Overview

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a geisha at night She sees her future as an entertainer, not a prostitute, & she expects a happy marriage with a medical student, Yasuke (Katsuo Nakamura), a sweet fellow she deeply loves. but things started to getting worse for Tamiko and she's forced to become the mistress of the disgusting Tsukada (Seiji Miyaguchi).

Cast

Yoshiko Mita

Tamiko

Tatsuo Umemiya

Shigemi Nitta

Mako Midori

Tsutae

Ai Sasaki

Miyako

Seiji Miyaguchi

Tsukada

Michiko Araki

Oharu

Sayoko Tanimoto

Tsukiko

Genji Kawai

Eitarō Shindō

Chiyomatsu

Aiko Mimasu

Osen

Keiko Ono

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